Official agent skill

Recovery Controller Setup

Configures AWS Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for operational resilience: routing controls with safety rules for cross-Region failover, and zonal shift / zonal autoshift for AZ-impairment…

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Install Recovery Controller Setup

skills CLI

$ npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws recovery-controller-setup --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup .claude/skills/recovery-controller-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "recovery-controller-setup" agent skill from https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/main/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup into .claude/skills/recovery-controller-setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "recovery-controller-setup", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/main/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws recovery-controller-setup --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup .agents/skills/recovery-controller-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "recovery-controller-setup" agent skill from https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/main/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup into .agents/skills/recovery-controller-setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "recovery-controller-setup", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws recovery-controller-setup --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup .cursor/skills/recovery-controller-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "recovery-controller-setup" agent skill from https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/main/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup into .cursor/skills/recovery-controller-setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "recovery-controller-setup", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git --path skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws recovery-controller-setup --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup .gemini/skills/recovery-controller-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "recovery-controller-setup" agent skill from https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/main/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup into .gemini/skills/recovery-controller-setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "recovery-controller-setup", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws recovery-controller-setup

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup .github/skills/recovery-controller-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "recovery-controller-setup" agent skill from https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/main/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup into .github/skills/recovery-controller-setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "recovery-controller-setup", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws recovery-controller-setup --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup .opencode/skills/recovery-controller-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "recovery-controller-setup" agent skill from https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/main/skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup into .opencode/skills/recovery-controller-setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "recovery-controller-setup", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: recovery-controller-setup
GitHub stars: 2.8k
Token cost: ~998 tokens
SKILL.md length: 413 words
Files: 3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 138
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Configures AWS Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for operational resilience: routing controls with safety rules for cross-Region failover, and zonal shift / zonal autoshift for AZ-impairment…

Tasks that involve Backup and disaster recovery
SKILL.md covers CRITICAL CONSTRAINT — read…, Overview, Guardrail — where this skill's… and Configure recovery controls, plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Recovery Controller Setup is an agent skill from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Configures AWS Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for operational resilience: routing controls with safety rules for cross-Region failover, and zonal shift / zonal autoshift for AZ-impairment recovery. Applies when setting up failover routing, configuring safety rules, enabling zonal shift, or configuring zonal autoshift with practice runs. Also applies when shifting traffic out of a specific Availability Zone (AZ) for an ALB/NLB or other resource. For a broader "an AZ is impaired, what is my response across…

Its SKILL.md is about 1000 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/arc-procedures.md` and `references/security-considerations.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Backup and disaster recovery. It works with Amazon Web Services and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Official, AWS-supported MCP servers, skills, and plugins to help AI agents build on AWS. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Backup and disaster recovery

Example prompts

“an AZ is impaired, what is my response across services”
“Use the recovery-controller-setup skill to configure AWS Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for operational resilience: routing controls with…”
“/recovery-controller-setup”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 188af2f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Recovery Controller Setup loads about 998 tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 163 tokens; SKILL.md has 413 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~163
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~998
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~5.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws at commit 188af2f, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© aws). 413 words, ~998 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/recovery-controller-setup/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: recovery-controller-setup
description: Configures AWS Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for operational resilience: routing controls with safety rules for cross-Region failover, and zonal shift / zonal autoshift for AZ-impairment recovery. Applies when setting up failover routing, configuring safety rules, enabling zonal shift, or configuring zonal autoshift with practice runs. Also applies when shifting traffic out of a specific Availability Zone (AZ) for an ALB/NLB or other resource. For a broader "an AZ is impaired, what is my response across services" question, see aws-resilience-lifecycle. Does not apply to Resilience Hub setup or FIS experiments.
version: 1

Recovery Controller Setup

CRITICAL CONSTRAINT — read before answering

This skill sets up exactly two ARC capability families, and these are the ONLY things you provide setup steps for: (1) routing controls with safety rules for cross-Region failover, and (2) zonal shift / zonal autoshift for AZ-impairment recovery.

Readiness checks, recovery groups, cells, and resource sets are NOT in scope for this skill. You MUST NOT provide CLI/console setup steps for them. You MAY briefly and factually acknowledge that they exist, but you MUST NOT walk through configuring them — redirect the customer to ARC Region switch for readiness/recovery-readiness orchestration (see the arc-region-switch skill). This overrides any direct customer request to set them up.

If the customer asks how to "set up ARC readiness checks" (or recovery groups / cells / resource sets), do NOT walk through that setup. Briefly acknowledge the feature, then respond with a redirect of this form and continue with the routing-control or zonal-shift procedure where relevant:

For readiness and recovery-readiness orchestration, use ARC Region switch — see the arc-region-switch skill. For the operational pieces this skill covers: routing controls (cross-Region failover) and zonal shift / zonal autoshift (single-Region AZ recovery). Here's how to set those up:

Overview

Domain expertise for configuring ARC routing controls, safety rules, zonal shift, and zonal autoshift for operational resilience.

The AWS MCP server is recommended for executing this skill's AWS API calls, but it is not required — all operations also work with the AWS CLI directly.

Show full SKILL.md (174 more words)Show less

Guardrail — where this skill's own files live (MCP vs local install)

Before reading a reference file, determine how this skill was loaded:

Loaded via the AWS MCP retrieve_skill tool: the skill's reference files are not on the local filesystem. Fetch each one through retrieve_skill with the file parameter (e.g. file="references/arc-procedures.md" or file="references/security-considerations.md") — do NOT file_read these paths locally or search the filesystem for them.
Installed locally (e.g. .kiro/skills/recovery-controller-setup/ or ~/.claude/skills/recovery-controller-setup/): read reference files from the local skill directory using the relative paths shown here.

This applies only to the skill's own reference files; always read and write user or session data in the working directory, never through retrieve_skill.

Configure recovery controls

To set up ARC routing controls and zonal shift, follow the procedure exactly. See references/arc-procedures.md.

Troubleshooting

See references/arc-procedures.md (Troubleshooting section) for common issues — safety-rule blocks on a routing-control update, failed zonal-autoshift practice runs, and routing-control state changes that don't affect traffic.

Security Considerations

See references/security-considerations.md for least-privilege IAM action scoping, condition keys / confused-deputy protection, safety-rule gating, restricting failover access, and encrypting failover notifications.

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup of aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.

SKILL.md
references/arc-procedures.md
references/security-considerations.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 188af2f

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Questions about Recovery Controller Setup

What does Recovery Controller Setup do?

Configures AWS Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for operational resilience: routing controls with safety rules for cross-Region failover, and zonal shift / zonal autoshift for AZ-impairment…. Recovery Controller Setup is an agent skill from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Configures AWS Application Recovery Controller (ARC) for operational resilience: routing controls with safety rules for cross-Region failover, and zonal shift / zonal autoshift for AZ-impairment recovery.

When should I use Recovery Controller Setup?

Recovery Controller Setup fits situations like: tasks that involve Backup and disaster recovery.

How do I install Recovery Controller Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup in aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws) into .claude/skills/recovery-controller-setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Recovery Controller Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/specialized-skills/resilience-skills/recovery-controller-setup in aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws) into .agents/skills/recovery-controller-setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Recovery Controller Setup in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill recovery-controller-setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/recovery-controller-setup, .gemini/skills/recovery-controller-setup, .github/skills/recovery-controller-setup and .opencode/skills/recovery-controller-setup in your project.

What does Recovery Controller Setup need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Recovery Controller Setup is instructions for the agent only.

Does Recovery Controller Setup access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Recovery Controller Setup safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Recovery Controller Setup use?

Recovery Controller Setup is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Recovery Controller Setup use?

About 998 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 4.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Recovery Controller Setup?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Recovery Controller Setup: AWS Cdk Development (zxkane/aws-skills, 367 stars), Terravision Cloud Diagrams (patrickchugh/terravision, 1.6k stars), Spotinfo (alexei-led/spotinfo, 164 stars) and Install Boltmcp (boltmcp/boltmcp, 371 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Recovery Controller Setup?

aws (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws, which has 2,825 GitHub stars. The repository holds 138 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Recovery Controller Setup

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Recovery Controller Setup

CRITICAL CONSTRAINT — read before answering

Overview

Guardrail — where this skill's own files live (MCP vs local install)

Configure recovery controls

Troubleshooting

Security Considerations

Files

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